Relocated from: Kamineni was born in India, but moved to the Capital Region when she was 8 years old.

Work history: This is her first job in the industry, though she did internships with companies like Novelis and IBM. She has been working for the company for eight months.

Personal background: Kamineni obtained her bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her Master's and Ph.D. from the University of Albany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. She and her husband are building a house in Clifton Park. "That takes up most of our time," she said. Otherwise, she travels throughout the region.

Family: Her husband also works for GlobalFoundries. Her parents live near Utica and her husband's parents live in Poughkeepsie.

On working at GlobalFoundries: As her first "real job" she is part of the packaging technology integration group. "We work with a lot of novel, interconnected technologies," she said. "You're never doing the same thing every day. I get to interact with teams in Dresden and Singapore and Milpitas, so there are a lot of meetings and talking to a lot of different people on a daily basis. It's been challenging but I think CNSE prepared me for it."

On life in the Capital Region: Kamineni was in on the ground floor for the nanotech boom in Albany. When she was at RPI she knew of CNSE when it was a one-building campus and was attending school there while GlobalFoundries was laying out its plans for the Malta fab. "So we were part of it from Day 1," she said. "It's very exciting that it's here. I never thought I would be staying in Albany so long after my education but I'm glad it's here."